Utogu no Oni

Legend of the Five Rings card from The Harbinger

Card Type

Personality

Force

7

Chi

3

Honor Requirement

-

Gold Cost

7

Personal Honor

0

Clan

Unaligned

Keywords

Nonhuman, Oni, Shadowlands

Card Text

After Utogu enters play: Lose 5 Honor.
Battle: Target an enemy Follower or an enemy Personality with equal or lower Gold Cost and no Followers: Destroy it.

Legality

Destroyer War (Celestial)

Deck

Dynasty

Printings

Rules Q&A

• Q: If i use Only Actions Speak (the battle action) that was performed by Utogu no Oni to target an attachment on Hida Kuon (exp 6) as my first battle action where Kuon is the only defender, will Kuon be bowed by it?
  A: No.
  Assuming no other bonuses or penalties, Hida Kuon xp6 is not a legal target for Utogu no Oni via Only Actions Speak.
  He must have less force than Utogu no Oni's for Only Actions Speak to be legal to play.
  Assuming some sort of force penalty or bonus prior to the action was in effect, Hida Kuon xp6s trait would make all the effects of Only Actions Speak's Battle action fail, if Hida Kuon was the card targeted. Dan Jacobson, "Only Actions Speak vs Hida Kuon (exp 6)", 10 Jun 2010
• Q: Is the redirection legal?
  A: No. The new target must fulfill ALL the requirements of the original target in order to be legal. In your example, the new Samurai does not because he has a Follower. Brook Cunningham, "Chugo Seido vs Utogu no Oni", 28 May 2010
• Q: How does it resolve?
  A: You may still choose to take the reaction, but if you have no new legal target the effect will fail and the targeting won't be changed. Brook Cunningham, "Chugo Seido vs Utogu no Oni", 28 May 2010
• Q: Will it destroy the follower or the whole unit?
  A: Neither. Brook Cunningham, "Chugo Seido vs Utogu no Oni", 28 May 2010
• Q: If not, can Chugo Seido redirect the action to the follower, not the Personality?
  A: If the Follower has the "Samurai" keyword, as is a requirement of Chugo Seido. However, no CE-legal Followers do. Brook Cunningham, "Chugo Seido vs Utogu no Oni", 28 May 2010
• Q: There are several cards out there that target the gold cost now instead of force, my question is about personalities with attached items. Do attached items count toward the gold cost or do cards like Laying in Wait and Utogu no Oni effects ignore items?
  A: They ignore items. Cards do not add to a personalities gold cost unless otherwise specified. Dan Jacobson, "Targeting Gold Cost instead of Force", 24 Mar 2010